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Topic: GEOGRAPHY

southwest

1 noun
     
south‧west1 , Southwest written abbreviation SW [uncountable]
1SG the direction that is exactly between south and west
2

the southwest

SG the southwestern part of a country
—southwest adverb:
The plane flew southwest toward Egypt.
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